When you have a heated glass house, it’s easy to force spring (see the photo above of the Conservatory). But what if you just want a few blooms in your house?

If you’re ready for spring, consider forcing a few branches of spring-flowering shrubs to bloom indoors. Cut budded shrubs such as forsythia, flowering cherry, Soulange magnolia, crabapple and corylopsis. Place the branches in water that is at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature. The flower buds should develop into springtime flowers. 

I’ll try this in my office and post some images if it works out!

Beth Monroe is public relations director at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

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